{"id":370,"date":"2022-09-13T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=370"},"modified":"2025-11-19T01:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:54:09","slug":"the-obstinate-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Plunderers of Innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640px-Sacking_huns.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640px-Sacking_huns.jpg 640w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/640px-Sacking_huns-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still alive, but dead inside,<br>These wretches cry:<br>\u201cLet us celebrate pride!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They claim they are better than all;<br>Yet their heart knows they have rejected the call,<br>For flesh and filth they have traded God for the cabal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their idols, numbering more than those of the Hindu,<br>Clamor them to make their empty communions ever accrue<br>On altars of sepulchers white, never changing their view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breaking through Alexander\u2019s Wall, they seek souls to raze.<br>Going about as lions, they desecrate anything worthy of praise<br>By force or by speech\u2014Gog and Magog is their legion\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not despair, those who strive on the narrow way!<br>The time will soon come for these foes to be cast away.<br>You shall witness the dawn of a new and luminous day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new barbarians. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8,22,30],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-faith","tag-history","tag-social-critique"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}